Montgomery Co. synagogue repairs its vandalized menorah in time for 1st night of Hanukkah - Friday, December 8, 2023 - Top News from WTOP

TOP NEWS | December 08, 2023 [Web version](   [Vandals strike Montgomery Co. synagogue's menorah just before 1st day of Hanukkah]( Members of a Montgomery County, Maryland, synagogue repaired a bent menorah that they said was vandalized Thursday, hours before the first night of Hanukkah. [READ MORE](   [Not guilty: Mother of man killed in DC police chase acquitted of assaulting US marshal in court]( The mother of a 20-year-old man who was killed while being chased by D.C. police has been found not guilty of assaulting a U.S. marshal in a federal courtroom. 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